Interesting,
We always do taxi backs. And stall landings are what the CFI likes to
see. I'm getting pretty good at them. I don't really find them that
hard...pretty much a matter of having that "right" sight picture. Myself I
do believe in a taildragger the taxi backs are very crucial , especially
during training. It does seem to teach the taildragger " fly the airplane"
from the time the prop turns until it stops. I can easily see how someone
who has flown tri-gears and no tailwheel , may would have a problem with
the taildragger. There really isn't much relaxing going on when you taxi a
taildragger back for another takeoff. Can't relax to much from my
experience, keep the stick back , watch your taxi speed , may have to dance
with those feet alittle But heck they are alot of fun though !

Patrick
student SP
aircraft structural mech


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On 2005-09-12, Kevin Dunlevy wrote:

With tailwheel planes or with aircraft with retractible gear, I always
do stop-and-goes.


As I understand it, with a tailwheel, you cannot count a touch-and-go as
a landing, anyway, for the purpose of logging (currency).... or is that
just in Canada?

No, I believe the requirement in the US is that you have to have three
full-stop landings in the past 90 days (in a tailwheel plane).

Personally, I seem to have the biggest problem (when I haven't flown in
the past week or so) with the last 10 feet or so, at least on those real
bumpy days... once I'm planted on the ground I do a lot better. Maybe it
was just from riding right seat one day when the guy in the left brought
us down so hard we bent a gear leg a bit and destroyed the leg fairing and
wheel pants. Anyways, I can't do full-stall landings for beans, though
wheel landings aren't too bad (airplane handles much nicer at 75-80).
Therefore, T&G is easy; just push the throttle up, get airborne, and
retract the flaps before passing 100. No carb heat to worry about,
there's plenty of power, and the flaps are manual (hand-brake style) so
they come up real quick if you need them. I don't mess with the flaps on
the ground as I'm trying hard enough just to keep going straight.